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Use this as an evaluation for practice presentations. One side for "Things That Were Good" and the other side for "Things You Might Consider."

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Teach Kids to Give an Oral Presentation

Students are first exposed to giving oral presentations are different grade levels. Some students are required to give an oral presentation as early as the first grade, while others may not give their first oral presentation until they enter college. Regardless of the grade level that you are working with, however, there are a few methods for teaching oral presentations that will assist in making the learning process successful.

Provide the students with a list of what is expected of them. This list should include using an introduction, body and conclusion in their presentations, as well speaking to a specific audience. For example, you can tell the students to give an oral presentation about the media and to pretend that they are delivering it to a parent organization. Teaching students to understand how to speak to different audiences is part of building their oral presentation techniques.

Instruct students to write out the presentation. For the first few oral presentations, have the students write out what they will say with a pencil on notebook paper. This will aid them in gaining confidence in front of an audience. Allow them to use their papers while they are giving their oral presentation.

Instruct the students to work in groups. Divide the students into groups so that they can work collaboratively on their presentations and give one another constructive feedback.

Develop a critique policy and share it with the students. You must define what a critique is for the students and provide them with methods for giving a critique, or sharing their ideas about another student's work. For example, explain that critiques are not personal attacks; critiques must be positive and must offer solutions to oral presentation problems.

Allow students to develop at their own pace. Some students will find oral presentations second nature, while others may become ill at the very thought of giving an oral presentation. Therefore, you must focus on each student's strengths and weaknesses and record each student's individual progress as the course unfolds.

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Teach Kids to Give an Oral Presentation Students are first exposed to giving oral presentations are different grade levels. Some students are required to give an oral presentation as early as the first grade, while others may not give their first oral presentation until they enter college.

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For student choice...here could be an option for students who want to be challenged.

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Do you suffer from high energy bills? Wouldn't you like to shave some cash off of that pesky energy bill each month, and know that you're contributing to conserving energy? Harness the power of mother nature and make a windmill to generate cost free power for years on end! And the good thing is, making a windmill is a heck of a lot easier than you may think!

So, what does it really take to make a windmill? First, you will need some basic supplies, such as:

A battery (preferably a car battery).

Steel tubing (you can actually pick up recycled steel tubing for a lot less than regular tubing)

Electrical wiring

Sheet metal

Those are just a few of the supplies needed to make your own windmill.
The real beauty about building one of your own is that all of the supplies needed can be purchased from a hardware store for less than $200. If you think $200 is too much, think about this for a moment: Consider your heating/cooling costs and power usage each month. Your small investment now will save you tons of money over the long haul. How? You'll be shaving money off of your power bill each and every month by using free wind power to generate electricity!

Of course, building your own windmill also requires an excellent set of instructions to follow. Don't fall for the free tips you find online, as you will only find yourself confused. What you need is a good blueprint that shows you how to build a windmill, step-by-step.

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There are some other guides for DIY wind and solar generators, but all of those that I've read don't get into the same details.

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How to Make a Windmill to Generate Electricity For Years on End

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Do you suffer from high energy bills? Wouldn't you like to shave some cash off of that pesky energy bill each month, and know that you're contributing to conserving energy? Harness the power of mother nature and make a windmill to generate cost free power for years on end!

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This is a great place for students to learn to use the enecyolpedia about windmills. Information can be provided based off students grade level.

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A windmill is a machine that harnesses the power of the wind. Windmills may be used to grind grain into flour, to pump water, or to produce electricity.

A windmill has a number of blades that spin around when wind blows on them. The blades are mounted on a tall tower or building. They are connected to a vertical shaft, or rod. When the blades spin, they turn the shaft. The turning shaft powers a...

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A windmill is a machine that harnesses the power of the wind. Windmills may be used to grind grain into flour, to pump water, or to produce electricity.A windmill has a number of blades that spin around when wind blows on them. The blades are mounted on a tall tower or building.

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This would be a great way to engage students in learning about the wind.

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MAGIC SCHOOL BUS S01E13 Kicks Up a Storm

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I found this easy creation on pinterest as a model/guide for one type of construction.

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little mouse with clogs windmill craft
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homemade windmill, windmill kids craft, how to make a windmill, windmill tutorial, windmill craft, windmill mouse amsterdam, little mouse with clogs windmill craft - Dutch Windmill - Image 4

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http://www.teachersareterrific.com/2017/02/windmills-in-stem-lab.html#more

Thought this might be helpful/useful.

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This might be above a 2nd or 3rd grade level. I'm not used to teaching the little guys, but I thought it was worth a look. I'm not sure how to post the actual video.
https://www.ted.com/talks/william_kamkwamba_how_i_harnessed_the_wind?utm_campaign=tedspread--b&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare

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I also found a website that lays out how to make windmills from toothpicks. This may be a little challenging for this grade level, but it could possibly be adapted to fit.

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I also found a website that lays out how to make windmills from toothpicks. This may be a little challenging for this grade level, but it could possibly be adapted to fit.

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Toothpick Windmill , How to make a toothpick windmill

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How to do your own Toothpick Windmill ? Discover 1000s of arts and crafts tutorials and patterns on Bulb in Blue, the site for creative ideas.Toothpick Windmill . How to make a toothpick windmill

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I immediately thought of Bill Nye when the idea of windmills and wind came up for this project. I found this video on YouTube which is an episode dedicated to wind. It's 25 minutes long, but it could be a resource we would use with the students.

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Uploaded by Robert Battles on 2016-10-20.

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This is prototype of what I was envisioning... there is water in the cup. I think the meat of the project would be in the engineering of the blades. Students would have choice of a few building materials and types of tape. They would independently then collaboratively decide upon a number, shape, and size of blades they think would work best. They would build and test their designs and go back through the engineering design process to build new blade designs based on their observations and data they collect.

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This video features the actual boy who built the windmill from the book. I read the book and showed this video to my students to help them see the importance of what we were doing when I hosted a book drive and took the books to Ghana last year.  They loved seeing his actual work and hearing him talk about his life!
-Ellen

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Meet the Boy Who Harnessed the Wind - TeacherTube

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William Kamkwamba was born in Malawi--a count

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I looked up some standards for 2nd grade that would be addressed in this PBL and put them in the Google Doc.  as suggestions.  Feel free to add, remove, or change any!

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I looked up some standards for 2nd grade that would be addressed in this PBL and put them in the Google Doc.  as suggestions.  Feel free to add, remove, or change any!

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We can target our project towards 2nd or 3rd graders.

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Thank you for getting this started Stacy! I have never done this before so hopefully I will be able to figure it out.  I wanted to copy and paste Ellen's original idea.  Is this something we want to do?

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Thank you for getting this started Stacy! I have never done this before so hopefully I will be able to figure it out.  I wanted to copy and paste Ellen's original idea.  Is this something we want to do?

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"I was thinking that perhaps we could go cross curricular with our lessons so that it is something everyone could use. Ex:
-Read The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind (a true story about a boy from Malawi who taught himself how to make a wind turbine to change wind power into electricity and to pump water from the ground) to introduce a real world problem.
-students research windmills/wind turbines
-make and share design plans using ipad apps
-build, test, and improve prototypes for windmill blades (spun by wind from a hairdryer) to raise pennies in a cup (to symbolize water weight)... I can come up with a design and material list for this using common household/school supplies"

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There is also a youtube video of a read aloud.

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Daily Student Newscast at Sweet Apple Elementary School in Roswell, GA.

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Hi everyone! Please post any idea's you may have hear so that we can all share together!

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Hi everyone! Please post any idea's you may have hear so that we can all share together!